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muskyman · Jun-19-2005, 06:01 AM

I built my last trailer for my boat and I learned alot from that experience. Bearing buddies suck dick dude. You could not pay me to tow a boat behind my truck with bearing buddies. There is no where for the excess grease to go. Honestly, check this out dude, since you have that problem with your axle already, get a spindle flow through axle in which the grease zirt is actually part of the axle. This is the coolest friggin ass design dude. When you pump grease in the zirt, it starts coming in through the backside of the bearings first and flow back towards you forcing the old excess grease at you so you can flush the old shit out. With this set-up, you use double edged seals for the backside of the hub, now these run a bit more, like 12-15 bucks a piece, but the cool part is this ; they have two edges to keep the water out and grease in. When one fails, and they will over time, for me 10K miles, having both edges allows you to get home and even a few more trips before it is time to replace them. I have this design on my trailer now, and I tow my boat everywhere, Utah, Ontario Canada, you name it dude, this is the only way to go if you do not like working on your trailer and it gives you the peace of mind. Axles are really not all that expensive, I know that Champion Trailer Parts ( not associated with the boat either ) has these axles and they can ship right to you. But seriously, look into it, bearing buddies blow the baloney pony dude, they are just as good as the helicopter lure. Take it easy man.

Jun-19-2005, 06:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
muskyman Tina come get some ham Name: David Vessel: 17" Tracker Deep V Location: Illinois Job:Processing TPS Reports	Hey dude I built my last trailer for my boat and I learned alot from that experience. Bearing buddies suck dick dude. You could not pay me to tow a boat behind my truck with bearing buddies. There is no where for the excess grease to go. Honestly, check this out dude, since you have that problem with your axle already, get a spindle flow through axle in which the grease zirt is actually part of the axle. This is the coolest friggin ass design dude. When you pump grease in the zirt, it starts coming in through the backside of the bearings first and flow back towards you forcing the old excess grease at you so you can flush the old shit out. With this set-up, you use double edged seals for the backside of the hub, now these run a bit more, like 12-15 bucks a piece, but the cool part is this ; they have two edges to keep the water out and grease in. When one fails, and they will over time, for me 10K miles, having both edges allows you to get home and even a few more trips before it is time to replace them. I have this design on my trailer now, and I tow my boat everywhere, Utah, Ontario Canada, you name it dude, this is the only way to go if you do not like working on your trailer and it gives you the peace of mind. Axles are really not all that expensive, I know that Champion Trailer Parts ( not associated with the boat either ) has these axles and they can ship right to you. But seriously, look into it, bearing buddies blow the baloney pony dude, they are just as good as the helicopter lure. Take it easy man.